vermiculite
"vermiculite" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vermiculite” is uncommon English (frequency #91,121 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,121
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vermiculite · vermiculite · English
vermiculite · rank #91,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,121
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Vian
Nearest frequency peer: Vian (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “vermiculite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Valentinian
Valentinian
8,885 corpus weight
- vasodilation
vasodilation
8,883 corpus weight
- vermiculite
vermiculite
8,880 corpus weight
- Vian
Vian
8,879 corpus weight
- viburnum
viburnum
8,878 corpus weight
- viridian
viridian
8,875 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vermiculite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vermiculite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vermiculite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vermiculite is uncommon English at frequency #91,121 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.".
vermiculite has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin vermiculus (“wormlet”), for its fibrous nature and tendency to expand into worm-like shapes when heated. The correct English form is vermiculite, spelled V-E-R-M-I-C-U-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.
Etymology
From Latin vermiculus (“wormlet”), for its fibrous nature and tendency to expand into worm-like shapes when heated.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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